Sanjeev Sanyal grew up in pre-liberalization India, drifting between Kolkata, Sikkim and Delhi. When India liberalized its economy in 1991, he was studying at Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University. He later studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He has spent the last 13 years studying Asia's rapidly changing societies — their economies, financial markets, cities, and demographics. Sanjeev now splits his time between India and Singapore where he lives with his wife and two sons. He is currently Deutsche Bank's Chief Economist for the region as well as Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore. He is passionate about environmental conservation and antique maps of India. In 2007, he was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship for his work on urban systems.

India's recent economic performance has attracted world attention but the country is re-awakening not just as an economy but as a civilization. After a thousand years of the decline, it now has a genuine opportunity to re-establish itself as a major global power.

In "The Indian Renaissance", the author, Sanjeev Sanyal, looks at the processes that led to ten centuries of fossilization and then at the powerful economic and social forces that are now working together to transform India beyond recognition. These range from demographic shifts to rising literacy levels, but the most important revolution has been the opening of mind and the changed attitude towards innovation and risk.

This book is about how India found itself at this historic juncture, the obstacles that it still needs to negotiate and the future that it may enjoy. The author tells the story from the perspective of the new generation of Indians who have emerged from this great period of change.

Contents:

• Waiting for a Thousand Years
• From Independence to Freedom
• The Entrepreneurial Explosion
• The Great Indian Middle-Class (and Its Limitations)
• Poverty, Inequality and the Last Bastion of Control
• Two Revolutions
• The Importance of Institutional Reform
• How India will Change
• Is India’s Rise Inevitable?

“Absolutely superb — thoughtful, well-researched, and full of insight ...”

“Sanjeev Sanyal combines good storytelling and a keen sense of history with an economist's analytical rigour”

“A sympathetic, optimistic view of India's future from a respected economist.”